Welcome to GYROTONIC® Training — your comprehensive resource for understanding and mastering this transformative exercise system. Here you’ll find in-depth articles about the three essential pieces of equipment — the Pulley Tower, Ladder, and Wingmaster — along with detailed explorations of specific exercise families, movement principles, and proven strategies for building strength, mobility, and functional fitness. Whether you’re new to Gyrotonic traiing or deepening your existing practice, these articles provide the knowledge and inspiration to understand why this system delivers results that conventional training cannot match. Explore our collection and discover how Gyrotonic training can transform your body, your movement, and your life.
This exercise, Helicopter, from the Upper Body Series on the Pulley Tower, has a lot to wrap your head around.. There’s the 3×3 pattern that’s broken up by extension and flexion of the elbows. Then there’s the 4 part breathing pattern that lays on top of that. And that’s before we even put you on your feet.
This might be my favorite exercise using the Wingmaster. When I used to teach online Wingmaster classes, this exercise, in either Setting 2 or Setting 3, would be included in almost every class. The feeling of this exercise is one of the most satisfying of all the Wingmaster material.
In almost every session I teach, I have my clients on their feet for at least one exercise. Most Activities of Daily Living are done when you’re on your feet so your training should prepare you for real life. Stepping, being one of the 7 Primal Movements, is an essential activity to train. A big upper body stretch while stepping really challenges balance and proprioception (awareness of the position and movement of the body).
The GYROTONIC® Ladder is a core strengthening masterpiece. Depending on how you place yourself on the Ladder, you’ll strengthen your core with a focus in one of the three planes of motion: front to back, side to side or with rotation. And while you’re moving in one of the planes of motion (sometimes two), you have the stabilize your body in the other plane(s). You’re getting active and static core strength and every exercise is total body.